HE'S LIKE THE HOBBIT -- ON CRACK: This week's Survivor was all about trust, where again so much of the players' thinking was based not so much as what they've demonstrated this season as what folks recall from their previous times on the show. But even if you're not sure how someone has played the game before ... if he looks like Gollum and spends all his spare time searching for The One Idol, I'd say you ought to be wary.
No, this season is not a Survivor for fans of hookups, "gosh I hope they catch that chicken" and the cutesy-poo. It's game on and game theory, and it's only in a season like this can you see someone propose a Tribal Council strategy as carefully arranged as a Burt Bacharach number, and in which everyone gets it right away. This season is such a keeper.
added: Sepinwall: "[A]fter an episode that had me repeatedly fist-pumping and caring about the game in a way I didn't think was possible anymore, I'm absolutely on the hook for a long time, and I'll let the DVRs sort it all out later."
